What You Need to Know About Permanent Partial Disability Benefits

In a workers' compensation case, there are four distinctions as to how benefits are paid to the injured worker: temporary partial disability benefits, temporary total disability benefits, permanent total disability benefits, and permanent partial disability benefits.

Here is what you need to know about permanent partial disability benefits:

• Injuries that are not so serious as to result in a permanent total disability may result in an injured worker being awarded permanent partial disability benefits for compensation of some permanent impairment that they suffered. 
• Generally, a covered employee who is entitled to compensation under the Workers' Compensation Act shall receive a minimum weekly compensation of $50 for permanent partial disability, unless their wage was less than $50.
• Benefit payments for permanent partial disability continue for a period of weeks established by the statute. This period varies depending on the body part injured. The loss of a thumb, for example, results in payments for 100 weeks.

If you have been injured while on the job, call Portner & Shure today for a free consultation: (410) 995-1515, (301) 854-9000.